Top diplomats from Russia, Turkey and Iran have agreed to ensure that a 150-strong committee to draft a new Syrian constitution will convene for the first time early next year as they wrapped up a meeting in Geneva on Tuesday.

A huge fire broke out at a camp sheltering African migrants near Casablanca on Tuesday. According to local sources the incident was caused by a gas explosion, with fire spreading rapidly and causing damage inside the settlement.

Firefighters rushed to the scene and brought the fire under control, with no casualties reported.

Humanitarian groups have been critical of government raids targeting opposition media and rights organizations in Nicaragua. A number of other Central American countries have faced similar accusations over their human rights records.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attended an exhibition of weapons and equipment seized from militants in Syria, in Moscow on Tuesday.

According to the MoD, nearly 100 different types of weapons from pistols to grenade launchers manufactured in 18 countries, including Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, USA, Israel, the USSR and France were shown to the Russian leader.

Among other samples that were shown to the Russian president were military command posts equipped with digital and modular radio stations, explosive devices that were disguised as toys for children, cans of drinks and other civilian items made by the militants. The exhibition also devoted a section to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), which the Russian military managed to neutralize in Syria. ‘Jihad-mobile’ – an armored civilian off-road vehicle stuffed with explosives – was among the bigger objects displayed at the exhibition.

Putin was also shown plants of poisonous substances, including mustard gas, as well as large-calibre howitzers capable of firing balloons with poisonous substances.

Military troops from China and India are conducting a joint anti-terrorism training in Chengdu City of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, which has been seen as a sign that the two largest developing countries are further improving their relations.

Codenamed “Hand-in-Hand 2018”, the training scheduled from Dec.10 to 23 aims to strengthen the two armies’ capabilities in responding to terrorism.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the country is developing “offensive missiles” cable of hitting anywhere across the region. Apart from that, Tel Aviv eyes launching “micro-satellites” into space.